Mexican Street Corn Salad
All the flavors of Elote, Mexican street corn comes together in this easy to make salad using fresh sweet summer corn.
Ingredients
- 4 ears fresh corn, husks removed
- 3 tbsp mayonaise
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3 oz Cotija cheese, crumbled
- ⅓ cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 Jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 lime, quartered
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook ears of corn for 5 minutes.
- Using a sharp knife carefully remove the corn kernels from each cob.
- Place the corn kernels, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, Cotila cheese crumbles, chopped cilantro (reserve some cheese and cilantro to sprinkle on top of each serving), and lime juice in a large bowl.
- Stir to combine all the ingredients.
- Serve with a wedge of lime and top each serving with a sprinkle of Cotija cheesed chopped cilantro if desired.